Ironing-table



H. W. HILLE.

IRONING TABLE.

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, APPLICATION FILED MAY 21 I911- RENEWED AUG- 1411919. 1,322,441 Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

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HENRY WESLING I-IILLE, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

IRONING-TABLE.

Application filed May 2, 1917, Serial No. 165,854. Renewed August 14, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY WVESLING I-IILLE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in iron ing tables, and has for its object to provide a table which may be used as a dressing table or the like, and which may be easily converted into an ironing table for pressing garments, wherein the table has a receptacle in its top for receiving the ironing board which is connected to a reversible portion in the top of the table, the receptacle being adapted also to contain materials used in pressing garments.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved table in use as an ironing table;

Fig. 2 is a partial longitudinal vertical section, with the ironing board inoperative position;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view with parts broken away;

Fig. a is a view similar to Fig. 2, with the ironing board in folded position; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the ironing board and top removed.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the table 1 has a receptacle 2 at its top, and the top3 of the table has a portion 4E at the center thereof, which is removable, and which may be reversed. This portion 4 is provided at one end with a longitudinally extending tongue 6, which is adapted to engage a groove 7 in the top thereof at one end of the opening. At the other end is mounted a lock 8 of usual construction, by means of which the removable portion may be locked in place in the top of the table.

An ironing board 9 is secured to the under side of the table, and the said board has hinged to one end thereof a sleeve board or extension 10. The operative faces of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

Serial No. 317,587.

board and sleeve board are padded, as inclicated at 11 and 12, respectively, and a bracket 18 is secured to the face of the sleeve board remote from the padded face, for engaging the table when the sleeve board is extended to support the same in horizontal position. When in place in the top the portion 4 rests upon a frame 1a which is secured within the receptacle at the top thereof, at a point to hold the portion 1 with its top flush with the upper surface of the top 3, and a board or block 15 is arranged within the receptacle for supporting the portion 10 of the ironing table when it is in folded position.

Under ordinary conditions the table presents the appearance of Figs. 3 and 4. When it is desired to use the ironing board, the portion 4 is unlocked and reversed. There are grooves 7 at each end of the table so that the portion a may be turned end to end, or may be turned from side to side. The top is replaced, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the hinged portion or sleeve board 10 is swung outwardly. The bracket 13 is shaped to engage the adjacent end of the table to brace the sleeve board, and this portion is especially adapted for engaging within a skirt.

The irons and other articles used in pressing the garments may be held within the table top when not in use. It will be noticed that the portion 3 of the table is merely a frame encircling the portion 4.

I claim: A combined ironing and dressing table,

' comprising a frame having grooves in the inner opposed edges of opposite members,

a top detachably and reversibly fitted in the frame and having a projecting tongue at one end to engage one of the grooves, and a lock at the opposite end to engage the remaining groove to hold the top in any one of its adjusted positions.

HENRY IVESLING HILLE. Witnesses S. F. GERKEN, GEORGE M. MORGAN. 

